Opening windows to Microsoft

General manager strives to embrace Reno community

12:25 AM,
Jan. 12, 2013

Written by

Bill O?Driscoll
bodriscoll@rgj.com

One of the biggest business names on the planet has kept a muted media presence in the Truckee Meadows for the past 15 years.

But that's changing as Microsoft Licensing throws back the curtain on its Reno operation and ramps up its role as a corporate leader promoting the region and nurturing business students at the University of Nevada, Reno.

"We did a survey of UNR students and they saw us as very stuffy people in coats and ties. That couldn't be farther from the truth," said Hugh Aitken, general manager in the Reno center which licenses Windows, Office and other Microsoft products in North and ...